When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

If your bill comes to 98 cents and you hand the seller a dollar, you expect to get your two cents back. Inflation hit ...

Eliminating the penny via a social media post, like President Donald Trump did,, isn't just legally dubious. It could cause ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

By Kerri Carswell Carolina Journal Are pennies on the chopping block? It costs more than three cents to make the one-cent penny, and The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has a bold idea: ...

President Donald Trump said he ordered the production of new pennies to halt because it costs almost four cents to produce ...

They're the mainstays of change jars and car cup holders across the country, but soon the penny could be no more.

If you wonder why the penny is going the way of the dodo bird, try to find a penny gumball machine. A penny simply isn’t ...

Getting rid of the penny, which cost the government 3 cents each, could end up costing the Treasury Department money if it ...

The president says he’s killed off production of money-losing pennies, but nickels cost even more money to make—and we'd need ...